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The true method of knowledge is experiment.

William Blake

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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London
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W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
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The countless gold of a merry heart, The rubies and pearls of a loving eye, The indolent never can bring to the mart, Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury.
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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
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To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
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The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.
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General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocite, flatterer.
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Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share?
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Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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Let the men do their duty & the women will be such wonders the female life lives from the light of the male: see a man's female dependants, you know the man.
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When the voices of children are heard on the greenAnd laughing is heard on the hill,My heart is at rest within my breastAnd everything else is still.
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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy head!
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
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Without minute neatness of execution, the sublime cannot exist! Grandeur of ideas is founded on precision of ideas.
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Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: Pipe a song about a Lamb. So I piped with merry cheer Piper, pipe that song again. So I piped he wept to hear.
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If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour.
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How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced, the notes are few!
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To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
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He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.
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I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.
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